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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Tambopata

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Tambopata, Peru

Updated October 20, 2022
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Macaws on the clay lick.

Tambopata, Peru

Chuncho Macaw Clay Lick

The world's largest clay lick, where parrots gather to snack.
The Tambopata Research Center

Tambopata, Peru

Tambopata Research Center

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.
Pontoon boat rides at Tres Chimbadas Lake

Tambopata, Peru

Tres Chimbadas Lake

This small oxbow lake has rare giant river otters and some Seussian-sounding birds.
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This space-age looking obelisk rises over a city in the rainforest, meant to resemble the local castaña tree.
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Fruiting bodies of the parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps emerge from the body of a fly in Tambopata National Reserve, Peru. This photo won top prize in the 2022 BMC Ecology and Evolution image competition.

Real Zombies and Body Snatchers Live Among Us

A creepy form of parasitism is one of evolution's favorite strategies, and scientists are starting to figure out how it works.
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October 20, 2022
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